Civil service pensions crisis: Parliamentary Committees hold joint evidence session
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) plan to come together to scrutinise problems with the Civil Service Pension Scheme on Wednesday 8 July at 12.45pm.
Thousands of loyal and dedicated civil servants, and their families, are having difficulties drawing on and collecting their pensions. In response, the government has confirmed that interest-free “hardship loans” of up to £10,000 will be offered to the thousands of people experiencing financial hardship as a result of the failure.
Meeting details
The Committees have joined to invite the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, and the senior leadership of Capita, to give evidence as they further investigate the scheme’s administration. Since this invitation was sent, the Public and Commercial Services Union stated that the Cabinet Office had confirmed to it that it expected Capita would miss the ministerial deadline to restore pension administration services to contractual standards.
Likely topics will include what Capita and the government are doing to deliver the scheme back to acceptable service levels, and the overall future of the scheme.